Synonyms for coal mine
coal mine

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1. coal minenoun

   Synonyms:
   colliery

2. coal minenoun

   A mine from which coal ore or coal minerals are mined.

   Synonyms:
   colliery

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1. coal mine, coalpitnoun

   a mine where coal is dug from the ground

   Synonyms:
   coalpit

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1. Ron Magill:

   Because butterflies are some of the most sensitive insects to changes in temperature, they are considered the' canary in the coal mine' when it comes to climate change.

2. Bill Haneberg:

   It's likely we would have had extremely severe flooding even if there had never been a coal mine in Eastern Kentucky, the question that we don't know the answer to is : How much might this amount of disturbance have increased the severity of the current floods ?

3. John Ing:

   The market is vulnerable still, the move in gold is the canary in the coal mine.

4. Supreme Court:

   Establishing standing does not require that a litigant fly as a canary into a coal mine before she may enforce her rights.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   The bottom line is, when you left that meeting, you thought, 'What country am I living in? Is this the United States of America?' I fear that Flint is the canary in the coal mine here.